Comments on: Former Milwaukee Archbishop Admits He’s Gay http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/05/12/11304 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 07:39:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Steven Webster http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/05/12/11304/comment-page-1#comment-40505 Steven Webster Wed, 13 May 2009 03:40:06 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=11304#comment-40505 In 1982 Wisconsin was the first state in the union to adopt equal rights laws in housing, employment and public accommodations for LGBT persons. This is a very Catholic and Lutheran state and Rembert Weakland's support of the equal rights legislation was very influential in the passage and signing of that law (by a Republican govenor, no less!) Weakland was a liberal on more than just liturgical reform! In 1982 Wisconsin was the first state in the union to adopt equal rights laws in housing, employment and public accommodations for LGBT persons. This is a very Catholic and Lutheran state and Rembert Weakland’s support of the equal rights legislation was very influential in the passage and signing of that law (by a Republican govenor, no less!) Weakland was a liberal on more than just liturgical reform!

]]> By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/05/12/11304/comment-page-1#comment-40460 Ben in Oakland Tue, 12 May 2009 19:06:20 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=11304#comment-40460 For some reason, I couldn't leave this alone. I wrote this a few years ago, published in the Chron: A man does not become a priest merely because he wants to. He must have a vocation, literally a calling to God, which is a charisma, a gift from God. Without this, he CANNOT be a priest. The church goes through a lengthy process to ascertain that candidates do have a genuine vocation, because many do not. The candidate must go through a tremendous amount of religious and psychological evaluation. And only after that may he be ordained. We must conclude then that God is calling gay men to the priesthood, men considered by the church to have "an inherent tendency towards moral evil." God does not apparently share the church's view on homosexuality, as the Church itself is certifying that these people have the calling from God. To then condemn gay people as "intrinsically, morally disordered", not worthy to receive the sacrament of marriage to another of God's children, let alone be free of the Church's disapproval and animosity, is either rank hypocrisy or stupefying blindness. Probably both. For some reason, I couldn’t leave this alone. I wrote this a few years ago, published in the Chron:

A man does not become a priest merely because he wants to. He must have a vocation, literally a calling to God, which is a charisma, a gift from God. Without this, he CANNOT be a priest. The church goes through a lengthy process to ascertain that candidates do have a genuine vocation, because many do not. The candidate must go through a tremendous amount of religious and psychological evaluation. And only after that may he be ordained.

We must conclude then that God is calling gay men to the priesthood, men considered by the church to have “an inherent tendency towards moral evil.” God does not apparently share the church’s view on homosexuality, as the Church itself is certifying that these people have the calling from God. To then condemn gay people as “intrinsically, morally disordered”, not worthy to receive the sacrament of marriage to another of God’s children, let alone be free of the Church’s disapproval and animosity, is either rank hypocrisy or stupefying blindness.

Probably both.

]]> By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2009/05/12/11304/comment-page-1#comment-40428 Ben in Oakland Tue, 12 May 2009 14:43:06 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=11304#comment-40428 Yet another effing hypocrite, coming out after being forced out. I onder why there is "hysteria"? Is it a case of the vestments calling the robes mauve? Yet another effing hypocrite, coming out after being forced out.

I onder why there is “hysteria”? Is it a case of the vestments calling the robes mauve?

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